dalpat077
Bluelighter
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Just being doing some little bit of reading. It doesn’t seem as clear cut to me.
Alright here’s the scenario (and this merely for the sake of debate and enlightenment).
Trump carries on the way he is currently. Not all states have certified their votes yet. Trump, like it or not, is currently the POTUS. And I would argue that as things stand right now: Biden and Harris are technically still not President Elect or Vice President Elect.
Somebody takes it upon themselves to eliminate Biden and Harris (not an outsider or another country i.e. just one or two fanatical Trump supporters that are the butt of some comments here and may not be stable but may be well trained in the necessary).
President Trump immediately declares a national emergency. The declaration of a national emergency gives the President an extraordinary amount of powers and some of which, I’m guessing, could be used, at very least, to delay all matters while an investigation was being initiated.
Unlikely. Yes. Impossible. No. Relatively simple. Yes. Trump responsible or directly connected. No.
From the little bit that I have read thus far: this particular scenario does not seem to have been planned for and would cause a fair amount of uncertainty as to where to from there as there is no precedent.
Alright here’s the scenario (and this merely for the sake of debate and enlightenment).
Trump carries on the way he is currently. Not all states have certified their votes yet. Trump, like it or not, is currently the POTUS. And I would argue that as things stand right now: Biden and Harris are technically still not President Elect or Vice President Elect.
Somebody takes it upon themselves to eliminate Biden and Harris (not an outsider or another country i.e. just one or two fanatical Trump supporters that are the butt of some comments here and may not be stable but may be well trained in the necessary).
President Trump immediately declares a national emergency. The declaration of a national emergency gives the President an extraordinary amount of powers and some of which, I’m guessing, could be used, at very least, to delay all matters while an investigation was being initiated.
Unlikely. Yes. Impossible. No. Relatively simple. Yes. Trump responsible or directly connected. No.
From the little bit that I have read thus far: this particular scenario does not seem to have been planned for and would cause a fair amount of uncertainty as to where to from there as there is no precedent.